Megumi Itoh
Social Media Coordinator / Instructor / Illustrator
Location: Temple City, CA
Hometown: Temple City, CA
I got certified in summer of 2008 with Ocean Safari. Since then, I've gone diving in tropical, temerate, and sub-polar waters. Diving in the tropics with water temperature in the 80's is nice, but there is something special about diving in California. Even as I am marveling at the beautiful coral gardens full of colorful fish and invertebrates, I think about when and where I am diving in California next. We don't have the coral reef, but we have the beautiful kelp forest and surprisingly colorful invertebrates. There is nothing quite like swimming through the kelp forest with the sunlight shining through the kelp canopy. I never get tired of it
Pictures from Solomon Islands Dive Expedition
February 15, 2019
Chromodoris Annae
Funeral dorid
Hypselodoris bullocki
OK... this is not a nudibranch, but I saw this persian rug flatworm for the first time.
Chromodoris Koi
I think this is THE TINIEST nudibranch I have seen. Probably less than 1cm long. I don't know how I spotted it.
Fine. This is also not a nudibranch, but it's still a mollusk!
My latest overseas dive trip was in the Solomon Islands. The water was very warm - mostly 84F - and the diving was amazing. I saw Pygmy seahorse for the first time and learned to identyfy more fish. After a 10-day dive trip in the Solomons, I went right back to dive at Anacapa (thank goodness for my drysuit) and saw an onespot fringehead. So many people say there is nothing to see when you dive in California, but that is so untrue. Most of the pictures here are from Califiornia dives. We may not have coral reef with colorful fish, but we have some brightly colored creatures.
